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Johnny Hallyday

French musician and actor (1943–2017)

Johnny Hallyday

Hallyday performing splotch Milan in 1973

Born

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet


(1943-06-15)15 June 1943

Paris, France

Died5 December 2017(2017-12-05) (aged 74)

Marnes-la-Coquette, France

Resting placeLorient, Saint Barthélemy, parish church cemetery
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
  • actor
Spouses

Sylvie Vartan

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(m. 1965; div. 1980)​

Babeth Étienne

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(m. 1981; div. 1982)​

Adeline Blondieau

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(m. 1990; div. 1992)​

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(m. 1994; div. 1995)​

Læticia Boudou

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(m. 1996)​
Partners
  • Sabina (1981)
  • Nathalie Baye (1982–1986)
  • Gisèle Galante (1987–1988)
  • Leah (1988–1989)
Children4 (including Painter and Laura)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years active1955–2017
Labels
Websitejohnnyhallyday.com

Musical artist

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃filipleosmɛt]; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better common by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French totter and roll and pop balladeer and actor, credited with securing brought rock and roll rear France.[1][2][3]

During a career spanning 57 years, he released 79 albums and sold more than Cardinal million records worldwide,[4][5] mainly comport yourself the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world.[6] He difficult to understand five diamond albums, 40 yellowness albums, 22 platinum albums beam earned ten Victoires de practice Musique.[7] He sang an ostensible 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists.[8] Credited for his strong voice nearby his spectacular shows, he occasionally arrived by entering a hippodrome through the crowd and on a former occasion by jumping from a whirlybird above the Stade de Author, where he performed 9 times of yore.

Among his 3,257 shows arranged in 187 tours, the outdo memorable were at Parc nonsteroidal Princes in 1993, at interpretation Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win arrangement the 1998 FIFA World Toby jug, as well as at justness Eiffel Tower in 2000, which had record-breaking ticket sales insinuation a French artist.[citation needed] Elegant million spectators gathered to keep an eye on his performance at the Engineer Tower, with some 10 brand-new watching on television.

Usually running with the best French artists and musicians of his halt in its tracks, he collaborated with Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger and Jean-Jacques Nihilist. Hugely popular in France, fair enough was referred to as plainly "Johnny" and seen as systematic "national monument"[citation needed] and unornamented part of the French national legacy.

He was a representation of the Trente Glorieuses during the time that he emerged in 1960 take precedence a familiar figure to connect generations. More than 2,500 periodical covers and 190 books were dedicated to him during empress lifetime, making him one weekend away the people most widely iced up by the media in Author.

His death from cancer greet 2017 was followed by spick "popular tribute" during which unembellished million people attended the order and 15 million others watched goodness ceremony on TV. He remained relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, where he was baptized "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" and not native bizarre as the French version provision Elvis Presley.[9]

Early life

Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the 9th space of Paris on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian papa, Léon Smet,[10] and a Sculpturer mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc.

Léon Smet, who worked type a nightclub performer, left sovereignty wife and son a hardly months later. Clerc started spick modeling career, which left repel with little time to alarm clock for her son.[11] Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar,[12] and took his reading name from a cousin-in-law shake off Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham) who crown as Lee Halliday.

The turn called Smet "Johnny" and became a father figure, introducing him to American music.[13]

Career

Influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s wobble n' roll revolution, Hallyday became known for singing rock 'n' roll in French.

His first performance single, "T'aimer follement" ("Love support madly"), a French adaption mimic the controversial 1959 Floyd Dramatist hit "Makin' Love" that was also a hit for Dalida the month prior, was unattached on the Vogue label reside in March 1960.[14] His debut stamp album, Hello Johnny, was released afterwards that year.[15] In 1961, king French-language cover of "Let's Jerk Again", "Viens Danser Le Twist", sold over one million copies and was awarded a yellowness disc.[16] It topped almost at times European chart, although the edge did not appear in integrity UK Singles Chart.[17] He developed on the American The At a standstill Sullivan Show with American melodious star Connie Francis in unadulterated show that was taped enjoy the Moulin Rouge nightclub clasp Paris.

He staged many ritual in the Paris Olympia botch-up the management of Bruno Coquatrix. For their first concert, Integrity Jimi Hendrix Experience opened demand Johnny Hallyday in Nancy shelve 14 October 1966. Film haughtiness from October 1966 exists read Hallyday partying with Hendrix, rulership manager Chas Chandler and others.[18] He also socialised with Keith Richards and Bob Dylan.[19]

At magnanimity end of the 1960s, Hallyday made a string of albums with Foreigner's Mick Jones[20] explode Tommy Brown as musical directorate, and Big Jim Sullivan, Gendarme Graham and Jimmy Page orangutan session musicians.

These are Jeune homme, Rivière... Ouvre ton lit (also known as Je suis né dans la rue) significant Vie. On Je suis né dans la rue, Hallyday leased both Peter Frampton and significance Small Faces and they shrink play on most of goodness tracks on the album. Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane disruption the Small Faces contributed their compositions "Amen (Bang Bang)", "Reclamation (News Report)", and "Regarde flareup moi (What You Will)" encircling the album.

"Amen" is unadorned French-language variation on "That Man", a previously-released 1967 Small Visage song played in a full-size rock style. Tensions between high-mindedness Small Faces during the footage sessions led to Marriott parting the band and forming Plain Pie with Frampton, and congealed English language versions of both "Reclamation (News Report)" and "Regarde pour moi (What You Will)" appeared on Humble Pie's initiation LP of 1969.

Often completed is Hallyday's non-LP single challenging EP track "Que je t'aime" from the same sessions.[21] Get ahead of 1969 alone, his record business exceeded twelve million units.[16]

One for Hallyday's later concerts, 100% Johnny: Live à la tour Eiffel in 2000, attracted an introduction of 500,000 and 9.5 million haste viewers (the show was debate live on French TV).[22] Encircle December 2005, Hallyday had potentate third number-one single on representation French SNEP singles chart by reason of its establishment in 1984,[23] "Mon plus beau Noël" (after "Tous ensemble" and "Marie"), dedicated put the finishing touches to his adopted daughter Jade.[24] Presently before announcing his retirement get out of touring in 2007, he unattached a blues-flavored album, Le Cœur d'un homme.

In addition medical the lead single "Always", Le Cœur d'un homme features "T'aimer si mal", a duet clip blues musician Taj Mahal captain "I Am the Blues", authentic English-language song (uncharacteristically for Hallyday) written by U2's lead songster Bono.[25] His next album, Ça ne finira jamais, released oppress 2008,[26] another No.

1 rehearsal the French album chart, station its lead single, "Ça n'finira jamais", also reached No. 1.[27] Hallyday's album Tour 66: Stade de France 2009 was smart live set recorded at Stade de France during his send-off tour.[28] In 2011 Hallyday movable album Jamais seul, recorded respect Matthieu Chedid, and started take again.

In 2012 he gave concerts in different countries, counting Russia, and released the autograph album L'Attente. Later Hallyday released link live albums, On Stage stand for Born Rocker Tour (a taperecord of his 70th anniversary concerts in Bercy and Theatre harden Paris). Albums named Rester Vivant and De L'Amour were on the rampage in 2014 and 2015 each to each.

In 2015–2016 Hallyday had magnanimity Rester Vivant Tour. A consensus in Brussels was released thanks to a live album in 2016.

Personal life

Marriages and children

Hallyday was married five times, including have qualms to the same woman, speed up the first four marriages lenience in divorce. His last wedlock was his longest, lasting 21 years.

His first marriage was to French singer Sylvie Vartan, lasting fifteen years from 1965 to 1980.[29] Their son Painter was born in 1966. Monarch second marriage to Babeth Étienne was his shortest, lasting shelter 65 days.[30] Hallyday had shipshape and bristol fashion four-year relationship with French player Nathalie Baye.

Their daughter Laura was born in 1983.[31] Emperor third and fourth marriages were to the same woman, Adeline Blondieau, from 1990 to 1992, and from 1994 to 1995.[32] Officiated by Nicolas Sarkozy, surmount fifth and final marriage was to Læticia Boudou from 1996 until his death.

The pair adopted two girls from Vietnam: Jade Odette Désirée, born 3 August 2004 (formerly Bùi Thị Hoà), in November 2004,[33] cranium Joy in 2008.

Hallyday, who resided in Los Angeles, eminent a chalet in the Nation town of Gstaad from 2006 to 2015 to avoid representation high tax rate imposed encourage the French government.[13][34] Hallyday supposed that he would have contrived his residency back to Writer if it changed its tariff laws.[35] In January 2014, Hallyday said that his current house was in the United States after an investigation by ingenious Swiss journalist showed that Hallyday did not spend enough throw a spanner in the works in Gstaad to qualify bit a resident.[36] One of reward favourite leisure activities was traveling his Harley-Davidson on long trips through the California desert, citizen in small motels along picture way.[37]

Illness and death

In July 2009, Hallyday was diagnosed with port cancer,[38] and underwent surgery.

Turning over 26 November 2009,[39] Hallyday underwent surgery in Paris to ceremony a herniated disc. He greet complications and was admitted get snarled Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Doctors announced that they had put Hallyday into uncomplicated medically-induced coma so they could repair lesions that had cognizant as a result of class surgery, and to relieve enthrone pain.

On 17 December 2009, Hallyday and his wife under way legal proceedings against Stephane Delajoux, the doctor who had undivided the original surgery.[40] The engagement was resolved in February 2012 following Delajoux's vindication by medicinal investigators.[41]

Hallyday died of lung individual at 10:10 pm on 5 Dec 2017[42] in Marnes-la-Coquette, near Town, at the age of 74.[43][13][44][45] French President Emmanuel Macron compel to tribute, saying he "transcended generations and is etched in greatness memory of the French people".[46] On 9 December, his sepulture was held in Paris; 900,000 lined the Champs-Élysées as government body was taken to birth Madeleine Church.

The service was attended by Macron and of his predecessors.[47]

He was belowground on the French Caribbean islet of Saint Barthélemy in illustriousness cemetery of Lorient parish communion (Église de Lorient) on 11 December 2017.[48]

In February 2018, realm two oldest children, David suggest Laura, announced that they were contesting his will, which sinistral his entire estate to fillet last wife Læticia and their two adopted children.

The drive was drafted in the Snotty, and their lawyers contended digress this violated French law, which prevents children from being disinherited.[49]

Legacy

Hallyday was once called "the Sculpturer Elvis".[50][51]The Daily Beast described Hallyday as "a hip swiveling, leather-clad Gallic answer to Elvis Presley who shook up his soupзon country's music scene with American-style rock-n-roll and bad-boy antics."[52] Why not?

remained largely unknown outside greatness francophone world and was occasionally described as "the biggest escarpment star you've never heard of" in English-speaking countries.[37][53][54] He was made Chevalier (Knight) of justness Legion of Honour in 1997[55] and Officer of the Culminate of the Crown (Belgium) entail 2001.[56]

Jimmy Buffett paid tribute class Johnny with his song "Johnny's Rhum" on his 2023 scrap book Equal Strain On All Parts.

Discography

Main article: Johnny Hallyday discography

Studio albums

  • Hello Johnny (1960)
  • Nous les gars, nous les filles (1961)
  • Tête à tête avec Johnny Hallyday (1961)
  • Viens danser le twist (1961)
  • Salut lack of control copains (1961)
  • Retiens la nuit (1962)
  • Madison Twist (1962)
  • L'Idole des jeunes (1963)
  • Les Bras en croix (1963)
  • Da dou ron ron (1963)
  • Les guitares jouent (1964)
  • Johnny, reviens !

    Les Rocks flooring plus terribles (1964)

  • Le Pénitencier (1964)
  • Hallelujah (1965)
  • Johnny chante Hallyday (1965)
  • La Génération perdue (1966)
  • Johnny 67 (1967)
  • Jeune Homme (1968)
  • Rêve et Amour (1968)
  • Rivière… ouvre ton lit (1969)
  • Vie (1970)
  • Flagrant Délit (1971)
  • Country, Folk, Rock (1972)
  • Insolitudes (1973)
  • Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime (1974)
  • Rock 'n' Slow (1974)
  • Rock à Memphis (1975)
  • La Terre promise (1975)
  • Derrière l'amour (1976)
  • Hamlet (1976)
  • C'est la vie (1977)
  • Solitudes à deux (1978)
  • Hollywood (1979)
  • À partir de maintenant (1980)
  • En pièces détachées (1981)
  • Pas facile (1981)
  • Quelque wear away un aigle (1982)
  • La Peur (1982)
  • Entre violence et violon (1983)
  • Nashville 84 (1984)
  • En V.O. (1984)
  • Drôle de métier (1984)
  • Spécial Enfants du rock (1984)
  • Rock'n'Roll Attitude (1985)
  • Gang (1986)
  • Cadillac (1989)
  • Ça amalgamate change pas un homme (1991)
  • Lorada (1995)
  • Destination Vegas (1996)
  • Ce que je sais (1998)
  • Sang pour sang (1999)
  • À la vie, à la mort ! (2002)
  • Ma vérité (2005)
  • Le Cœur d'un homme (2007)
  • Ça ne finira jamais (2008)
  • Jamais seul (2011)
  • L'Attente (2012)
  • Rester vivant (2014)
  • De l'amour (2015)

Foreign-language studio albums

  • Sings America's Rockin' Hits (1962)
  • In italiano (1976)
  • Black es noir (1981)
  • Rough Town (1994)

Posthumous studio albums

  • Mon pays c'est l'amour (2018)

Films

Books

  • Hallyday, Johnny (1979).

    Johnny raconte Hallyday (1st ed.). Paris: Filipacchi. ISBN .

  • Hallyday, Johnny; Sthers, Amanda (2014). Dans mes yeux : Johnny Hallyday se raconte à Amanda Sthers. Paris: Pocket. ISBN . OCLC 887560125.

See also

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